Core Team

	Dr. Luiz Henrique Boff Business Luiz Henrique Boff is CEO of Endeeper. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and his primary areas of interest are Knowledge Management and Corporate Education. Since 1997, he has been conducting projects in knowledge management, information systems, and technical and executive training.

	Dr. Luiz Fernando de Ros (28 years experience) Ph.D. in Mineralogy and Petrology Luiz Fernando De Ros is professor of Sedimentary Petrology at the Institute of Geosciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and researcher at Endeeper. His major research activities include the diagenesis and porosity evolution of clastic and carbonate reservoirs, integrated provenance studies, studies on the compositional, stratigraphic, fluid flow and burial history controls on clastic diagenesis, and integrated reservoir quality modeling, as well as the development of computer systems to characterize and model the petrologic aspects of petroleum reservoirs and associated sedimentary systems.

	Dr. Mara Abel Doctor in Computer Science and Geologist Mara Abel is professor in Knowledge Engineering at the Institute of Informatics of UFRGS and Technical Consultant of Endeeper. A geologist by formation, she has a PhD in Computer Science, specifically Intelligent Database System applied to Petroleum exploration. She has been managing large national projects in technology innovation and entrepreneurship.

	Dra. Karin Goldberg (Associate Researcher) Ph.D. degree in Geology Karin Goldberg is a researcher of Sedimentary Petrology in the Petroleum Geology Program of the Institute of Geosciences of UFRGS. She got a Ph.D. on paleoclimatology and paleogeography from the university of Chicago in 2001. Her research areas include the characterization of quality and heterogeneity in reservoirs and aquifers, diagenesis and provenance of petroleum reservoirs and other aspects of sedimentary petrology and reservoir characterization, as well as with stratigraphy and paleoclimatology.

	M.Eng - MSc. Eduardo Studzinski E. de Castro Master of Engineering (Diplôme d'Ingénieur) / Master of Science Eduardo Studzinski E. de Castro holds a Master of Engineering in Informatics (ENSIMAG - France) and a Master Degree in Computer Science (UFRGS - Brazil). His primary areas of interest are Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. Since 2002, he has been involved in international software projects for petroleum exploration and enterprise business integration.

	MSc. Carlos Eduardo Santin Master of Science in Computer Science / Project Manager Carlos Eduardo Santin is the Project Manager of Endeeper. He has a Master Degree in Computer Science, specifically Visual Knowledge Representation, which is his primary area of interest. Since 2004 he has been focused with analysis and development of international software projects.

	Sabrina Queiroz Business Sabrina Queiroz is Manager Assistant of Endeeper. She holds a BSc in Administration and her main areas of interest are business, finances and social responsibility. She works with financial control of projects since 2004.

	Oscar Paesi Software Engineer Oscar Paesi da Silva is a Software Engineer of Endeeper. He is currently doing his Computer Science Master degree, with emphasis on Computer Graphics. He has been involved with research in Information Extraction, Computer Image Analysis and Data Visualization. His main areas of interest are Computer Graphics, Image Processing, Graphical User Interface Design and Software Engineering.

	MSc. Alexandre Lorenzatti Master in Computer Science / Knowledge Engineer Alexandre holds a Master Degree in Computer Science. Nowadays he is a Ph.D. student on Visual Knowledge Representation applied to the geology domain, which is his main area of interest. Since 2008, he has been involved in projects focused on knowledge representation. He has accomplished an internship in the French Petroleum Institute (IFP), developing geological time correlation systems.

	MSc. Luciano Flores Software Engineer Luciano Vargas Flores holds a Master degree in Computer Science (UFRGS - Brazil), and he is currently finishing his Ph.D. studies on Interaction Design of mobile and ubiquitous systems. Since 1998, he does research in Human-Computer Interaction, User-Centered Systems Design and Software Engineering.

	Leonardo Bazzano Geophysical Engineer / Customer Relationship Manager Geophysical Engineer (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán-Argentina). Has 3 years experience in the sector of oil exploration. Since 2000 performs business management as a consultant in companies of different segments.